Analyzing AEVEX (AVEX) and Its Competitors

AEVEX (NYSE:AVEX) is one of 230 publicly-traded companies in the “Aerospace & Defense” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare AEVEX to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for AEVEX and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AEVEX	1	1	9	0	2.73
AEVEX Competitors	2069	8024	12358	539	2.49

AEVEX presently has a consensus price target of $35.62, suggesting a potential upside of 102.19%. As a group, “Aerospace & Defense” companies have a potential upside of 43.04%. Given AEVEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AEVEX is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares AEVEX and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AEVEX	N/A	N/A	N/A
AEVEX Competitors	-305.55%	-31.44%	-4.72%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.5% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of shares of all “Aerospace & Defense” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AEVEX and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
AEVEX	N/A	N/A	55.06
AEVEX Competitors	$8.39 billion	$573.01 million	27.45

AEVEX’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than AEVEX. AEVEX is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

AEVEX beats its rivals on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

AEVEX Company Profile

AEVEX Corp. is a holding company which designs, manufactures and provides autonomous systems and navigation technologies. The company’s operating segment includes tactical systems and global solutions. AEVEX Corp. is based in Solana Beach, California.